Dear All Australian Fashion and Retail Companies,
Why oh why, have none of you created a fashionable yet affordable maternity wear range?
I remember being pregnant with my first child and struggling to find appropriate and comfortable maternity wear on the racks of any Australian stores. I ended up religiously searching online for the right clothes and resorting to ASOS and Topshop. Although this was great, I was taking a big gamble since who knows what is and isn’t going to squeeze over your bump.
I searched the racks of Target, Big W, David Jones, Myer and even Kmart. At the end of the day I was lucky enough to find a very helpful sales assistant in Cotton On who helped me find enough styles in store to get me through a very hot and uncomfortable start to the QLD Summer. Oh,...
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Dear Target,
You know I love you. However, I have a bone to pick with you.
One of my favorite things about you is your GO International collaborations with luxurious designers I can only dream of affording. You make them Target-affordable, and I appreciate that! So when it was announced that you were working with Italian fashion house Missoni and releasing the largest GO International collection yet on September 13th, I was nothing short of thrilled.
Photo from target.com
Then the actual launch date arrived. It became very clear that there was not enough product to go around. My sister got to our local Target by 9 am, and the collection was mostly sold out (also, many of your stores are not guaranteeing a restock…NOT cool). Your site was down by the time I got to work around...
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Dear Ms. von Furstenberg —
I have said this before, in print and otherwise, and it bears repeating here. The first time I tried on one of your wrap dresses it was like I was meeting myself for the first time. When I looked in the mirror I was astounded. What was staring back at me was a vital, vibrant woman who is embracing all of herself. I was in my late 40s at the time.
Since then, I have acquired other DVF pieces – a tunic, a sweater, a scarf, jeans, and perhaps my favorite of all, a coat. I tend to dress high-low, mixing higher-end pieces with lower. When I go “high” it might be DVF, Phillip Lim or Catherine Malandrino. But here’s the thing. I don’t know anything about the latter two designers as people.
You are a different story. Your book is sitting on my shelf. I know...
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Dear Mr. Prime Minister Harper,
Do you know who I am? You should, because you are asking me to unveil myself. So let me tell you who I am.
I am a Canadian. I was born in this beautiful land and I call it home. I’m hidden, but no stranger, active, but not really an activist, often terrified, but not a terrorist, a fan, but not a fanatic. I am just me.
My name is Aysha Luqman-Pandor. I am 30 years old. I live in Pickering, Ont., and I am the administrator for a private school. I’m completing a degree in foundations for teaching as well as classical Arabic. I am the mother of three children — two sons, ages 11 and eight, and a 10-year-old daughter.
I began wearing the niqab when I was 16. I was inspired by a book, Hijab, by Ibrahim Madani, which is about the essence of covering. My...
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Dear Fancy Lingerie Brands,
My name is Nadine von Cohen and I’m a writer from Sydney, Australia. Charmed, I’m sure. I am writing to you today to address a few concerns about your fancy lingerie products, namely bras.
Firstly let me say that many of you do wonderful things with fabric and underwire and straps and hooks, helping the breasts of the world feel good and look great. From Otto Titsling’s invention of the over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder (FUCK YEAH BEACHES REFERENCE!) to the many and varied cuts of the present day, you have made great gains in your quest to support and flatter the chesty appendages of women persons. I particularly enjoy what you have done with texture and colour, and must also applaud your commitment to the proliferation of polkadots in modern society...
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Dear X,
I'll get right to the point.
You have a telltale crust of white powder around your nostrils, and everyone in the room is a little too embarrassed (or a little too high) to say anything about it. You're slinking off to more and more bathrooms and backstages these days, and returning with that red sting around your watery, shifty eyes. You're scanning the room to see if anybody knows. Guess what: Everybody knows, and no one but you is laughing.
Cocaine has become Seattle music's open secret, the affectation of choice among the hipsters, hacks, and hangers-on who are so desperate for glamour that they'll recycle just about any tired-ass rock cliché you can name if it'll buy them 10 minutes of feeling authentic. Like booze, crystal, and any number of other trendy intoxicants of...
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Dear Men with Jobs (or Planning to Get Jobs),
I really don’t understand what some of you are doing with your clothes. Are you trying to sabotage your chances of 1.) Being taken seriously 2.) Ever getting a date or 3.) Both? Because I think you are.
Remember back in the 90s when it was cool for all your clothing to be big and baggy? Everyone looked 20 pounds heavier because you couldn’t tell what anyone was really shaped like under all those wrinkly folds of fabric.
This week’s “I’m still living in ’94” offender: coffee shop man. I was minding my business in a Capitol Hill coffee shop that’s dangerously close to some powerful people (one of whom drifted by me during my stay and please note his suit fit quite well). Coffee shop man caught my eye for his attractive features and well...
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Dear Erin Kleinberg, Stephanie Mark and Jake Rosenberg,
Congratulations on the successful launch of your new blog. We’ve seen mentions in the New York Times, Refinery29, Racked and many other well regarded publications – which doesn’t include Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue and other publications that employ many of the people who opened their closets to you.
People seem to really enjoy the StyleLikeU meets the Selby content, and those fashion insider connections and press budget have given it a kickoff in a matter of a week that took the other blogs months to achieve.
You may be aware, however, that there’s some confusion over your use of the name The Coveted. According to the lawyers we spoke with, there’s a good chance your use of the name is infringing on the trademark of Jennine...
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Dear Mr Bailey, dear Ms Ahrendts,
On behalf of the international animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS and over 500,000 of our supporters, we would like to bring your attention to recent communications with your company regarding the very important and sensitive issue of the use of fur within your product ranges.
During previous communications with your company we have asked for a meeting with Burberry to discuss the issue, however, our offer to meet in person was declined. We have received information about Burberry’s corporate responsibility programme which includes some points about the purchase and origin of fur used.
On Tuesday 11th February, 2014, we contacted your Corporate Social Responsibility department with clear evidence – footage documenting fur farms in Finland...
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Dear Wills,
Congrats on the birth of your second child. Now sit down and take a drag on some gas and air because life is about to get very hard.
Well, it would be if you didn't have several nannies on hand... And a housekeeper... And a butler... And a cook or two... And a team of gardeners... And a driver... But still, despite your privileged position in one of the country's oldest institutions, I'm guessing you're the kind of modern man who takes a hands-on approach to fatherhood, which means you'll be mucking in as much as possible.
In your line of work I can see this is going to present some challenges, which is why I wanted to offer a bit of friendly advice.
First of all prepare to feel tired, every waking minute of your life. There's no slinking back to your four poster...
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